Child Labor was a time when children were forced to work day and night for little to no money. According to Florence Kelley’s Speech against Child Labor, “The Hard Life of Richard Abernathy Junior” By Joseph Vera, and “What Is It?” By Stanley Bishop,because of child labor many children were hurt or killed because of the terrible conditions.
In Florence Kelley’s Speech against Child Labor, it explains the hard life of children and the pain that the children went through. Thousands of children were forced to work all night and others worked almost eleven hours a day. Florence Kelley states, “ "In Pennsylvania, until last May it was lawful for children, 13 years of age, to work twelve hours at night. A little girl, on her …show more content…
For example, it shows the struggle Richard Abernathy went through as a child. In the story it states, “Richard was struggling to repair a machine and had accidentally broken it beyond repair. The cotton mill owner was so frustrated with Richard that he tightened a heavy weight around Richard's neck and forced him to walk around the mill for an hour…. This happened so often that Richard had developed neck problems by the age of ten” (paragraph 3 ). This shows that when he did something wrong it would be setting an example for the other children so that the children wouldn’t make the same mistake. At 10 years old Richard had neck problems and couldn’t work as hard as the other children he also had a higher chance of hurting himself while working or doing the job wrong. It also states, “ It was very hot where Richard worked, because the spinning needed a warm temperature.” (paragraph 2). This show that little kids were working in hot tiny space which was dangerous for children. Richard had been working in those types of conditions since he was four years old and had neck problems by the age of
In Florence Kelley’s Speech against Child Labor, it explains the hard life of children and the pain that the children went through. Thousands of children were forced to work all night and others worked almost eleven hours a day. Florence Kelley states, “ "In Pennsylvania, until last May it was lawful for children, 13 years of age, to work twelve hours at night. A little girl, on her …show more content…
For example, it shows the struggle Richard Abernathy went through as a child. In the story it states, “Richard was struggling to repair a machine and had accidentally broken it beyond repair. The cotton mill owner was so frustrated with Richard that he tightened a heavy weight around Richard's neck and forced him to walk around the mill for an hour…. This happened so often that Richard had developed neck problems by the age of ten” (paragraph 3 ). This shows that when he did something wrong it would be setting an example for the other children so that the children wouldn’t make the same mistake. At 10 years old Richard had neck problems and couldn’t work as hard as the other children he also had a higher chance of hurting himself while working or doing the job wrong. It also states, “ It was very hot where Richard worked, because the spinning needed a warm temperature.” (paragraph 2). This show that little kids were working in hot tiny space which was dangerous for children. Richard had been working in those types of conditions since he was four years old and had neck problems by the age of